File 001 · Category Openers
Record 014 · Transport · 1938
38.14.TVolkswagen Type 1 Beetle
Volkswagen
“The people's car that became a counterculture icon and 21-million-unit runaway.”
Air-cooled rear engine, rounded shell, cheap to keep alive. Postwar export + 1960s U.S. 'Think Small' ads made it the anti-Detroit car.
Filed notes
- Air-cooled flat-four packaging
- Platform longevity
Units. 21.5 million
SIC
3711
Motor Vehicles and Passenger Car Bodies
NAICS
336110
Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
